China says the US has no right to “protect” Arab peoples, questioning “the sincerity and efficacy of US policy.” The country’s top newspaper replied to Hillary Clinton after she called China’s and Russia’s veto of a UN Syrian resolution “despicable”.
The People’s Daily commentary says, ”The United States’ motive in parading as a ‘protector’ of the Arab peoples is not difficult to imagine. The problem is what moral basis does it have for this patronizing and egotistical super-arrogance and self-confidence?”
The newspaper recalls the US-led invasion of Iraq. ”Even now, violence continues unabated in Iraq, and ordinary people enjoy no security. This alone is enough for us to draw a huge question mark over the sincerity and efficacy of US policy.”
The commentary repeated China’s argument that its unwillingness to take sides in the conflict best reflects the interests of the Syrian people.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the US criticism of China’s stance on Syria is “totally unacceptable.”
“China has always determined its stance on the Syrian issue proceeding from the peace and stability of Syria and the Middle East and from protecting the long-term, fundamental interests of the Syrian and Arab peoples,” Hong Lei said on Monday as cited by Reuters.
Russia, which also voted against what it called a “Syria regime change resolution” in the UN, has also criticized the US stance on Syria. In his latest article on foreign policy, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned the West against the temptation to resort to a “simple, previously-used tactic: If the UN Security Council approves of a given action – fine; if not, we will establish a coalition of the states concerned and strike anyway.”
Russian and Chinese criticism over US policies comes after Hillary Clinton was quoted as saying there is no enthusiasm in Washington for war. However, while on a visit to Morocco she urged those who still support Syria’s President Assad, especially members of the Syrian military and business community, to turn against him.
“The longer you support the regime’s campaign of violence against your brothers and sisters, the more it will stain your honor,” Clinton said.
On Sunday Syrian authorities held national referendum on a new constitution amid continuing violence. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that at least 31 people died including civilians, soldiers and opposition fighters.
Ballot counting is currently underway, with official results expected later on Monday. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says if approved the referendum will lead to a multi-party parliamentary election in three months’ time.
Most Syrian opposition groups boycotted the vote, demanding Assad abandon power altogether, while they say the referendum could keep him in power until 2028. The US and its allies dismissed the vote as a “farce” meant to justify the bloody crackdown on dissent.
The United States is beginning to realize the complexity of the situation in Syria and is showing signs of slightly backing off from their previous energetic push for regime change in the country, Jeremy Salt, a professor at Bilkent University, told RT.
“While we hear a lot of rhetoric from Hillary Clinton, she herself is showing signs of being more aware of complexities inside Syria,” Salt said. “She was talking about the complex factors, saying ‘Well we want to do something, but we do not know what to do,’ and she was talking about the fact that while there are problem areas in Syria, there are large areas in the country unaffected.”
“You can see there is certain change of the discourse here which indicates the Americans are not certain what step to take next,” the professor added.
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The countries of the world owe China more money than they can ever pay back.
China is buying and or building something all around the world.
They are building all kinds of things all over China .
And they are debt free, and they don’t have anyone shooting at them and no wars to fight.
Or a ship load of people trying to get into their country.
Tell me what are they doing right, and the rest of us doing wrong???
And they still have the money to build ultra-modern and ultra fast and ultra comfortable train lines.
See the new Chinese Fast train…. Incredible!
The US has exercise its veto several hundred times but Russia and China only a few times and yet it complains about China’s right to use its power of veto?
How much of a bully and a hypocrite can one get?
lf China and russia do not put the Brakes on this insanity who will?
8 reactors and the fall out? just fukashima is causing enough problems let alone fall out from 8 reactors?
Sleep well friends it will be a long sleep if this goes pear shape?
USA needs to keep its nose out of this region just look at the mess they leave behind them
@Skip You worry about 8reactors where? What about the untold numbers in Israel, US , England & Europe? Sure, China & Russia has them too but China did make the offer to ban and destroy all uclear bombs if the West will do likewise. But America mainly would not take up the offer.
Why? Please explain if anyone can.
If Hilary Clinton is sincere in protecting citizens of Syria from the so called brutal regime then she should have voiced, condemned and called out Zionist Israel on the worst onslaught and inhumane attacks on the citizens of Gaza. At least the effected Syrians have a choice to get out and seek shelter unlike the poor Gazans trapped between the sea and a HUGE wall! What hypocrite and double standards US politicians are!
What kind of idiot thinks the Chinese would live up to such an agreement? USA can only assure the world of a world free of AMERICAN nuclear weapons. Such an agreement would be as worthless as all of the paper “peace plans” being pushed all over the world. The Israeli-Arab situation will be settled when one side or the other has been ground into the dirt.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares end up doing the plowing for those who don’t.
I agree totally that USA should get out of the ME. But the answer is not windmills and solar panels. We have massive reserves of energy right here. F**k them. Let them all kill each other. USA cannot bring these seventh-century savages into the twenty-first century. This includes Israel (although they HAVE advanced past the seventh century). Israel is to USA as Cuba was to USSR. Mostly a drain on our resources. We cannot keep them afloat forever. I don’t have a problem with SELLING them arms, but the freebies can’t continue.
re:China
Their economic machine is largely a facade. They have built entire cities that are almost empty. Almost nobody can afford to buy more than a 200 sq. ft. hovel. The largest shopping mall in the world is in China, but is almost empty. If they have to pay more than slave wages or shipping costs increase much, the wheels will come off and foreign manufacturers will flee.
USA answer is not to show the Democracy but total Anihalation as they have conducted upon lraq then Libya and still working on Afgahistan
But they need the Dope to flow to keep you all high and in good spirits whist they errode any kind of a democracy USA once Held NDAA just shredded your Consitutional right down the Toilet!!
Wake the F!ck up America to what is happening under your nose,s?
Alex Jones and Jesse Ventura Exposed what Halliburton were Building all over USA?
FEMA CAMPS how much of Tax Payers Money wasted on this exercise in Waste?
Nuke Bomb Shelters who paid for these? The Tax Payers and you think the Tax Payer,s will ever get a place inside one of These Shelters?
They are only for the Elite?
Now they are hell bent into starting WW111 and who gets Saftey from an Attack the F!cking Elite who started it all!
Well if thats so then the Elite should Return the Money they misserpropriated from the Tax Payers to Build all these Uniıts?
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